Will Labour Support Coal?
28 March 2015
Yorkshire and Humber TUC's Regional Conference voted unanimously to support an emergency motion moved by the NUM Yorkshire Area and seconded by Nacods to demand an investigation into the reason for the delay with regard to the Govern

CUT OUT THE MIDDLE-MAN
Kellingley and Thorsesby Collieries produce 3 million tonnes of coal a year. Today's price for coal at the main ports of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp is $US60.95 a tonne about £41 a tonne - lets do the maths over 3 years 3,000,000 x 3 x 41 = £369,000,000
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PENSIONS CUT
The NUM have learned that mistakes have been made in the pension calculations from as far back as 10 September 2012, according to letters sent out by the MPS. Chris Kitchen said that as soon as this was brought to our attention I spoke to Dan Whincup at CPT and he said that around 5,

What will we do without coal?
According to the latest figures released by the UK Government coal accounted for 33.6 per cent of electricity supplied in 2014 with gas accounting for 30.9 per cent, and nuclear accounted for 20.5 per cent. The portrayal by some as coal being an old fashioned method of